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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Week It Went South for Trump  —  He hasn't been equal to the crises.  He never makes anything better.  And everyone kind of knows.  —  Something shifted this month.  Donald Trump's hold on history loosened, and may be breaking.  In some new way his limitations are being seen and acknowledged …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Referendum  —  He still has no second term message beyond his own grievances.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  President Trump may soon need a new nickname for “Sleepy Joe” Biden.  How does President-elect sound?  On present trend that's exactly what Mr. Biden will be on Nov. 4 …
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Trump Is in a Deep Hole.  Can He Dig Himself Out Before November?  —  Every single poll that has come out in these last two weeks has painted a dire picture for President Donald Trump's chances at re-election.  His overall job approval rating sits somewhere around 41 percent.
David A. Hopkins / Honest Graft:
Will 2020 Dim the Myth of the Campaign Guru? Let's Hope So
Noah Higgins-Dunn / CNBC:
Texas rolls back its reopening a day after pausing plans, as coronavirus cases rise  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday that he will roll back some of the state's reopening as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise.  —  “As I said from the start …
Discussion: The Hill and Disrn
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas bars to close again and restaurants to reduce to 50% occupancy as coronavirus spreads  —  The moves, announced Friday morning, represent Abbott's most dramatic action yet in response a surge in cases after he allowed businesses to reopen in the state.
Brianna Abbott / Wall Street Journal:
Daily Coronavirus Infections in U.S. Hit Record  —  India reports another record daily increase, with more than 17,000 new cases  —  The U.S. saw a daily record of nearly 40,000 new coronavirus cases as a surge of infections continues to spread, surpassing an earlier peak in April following the initial outbreak.
Discussion: Associated Press and Defense One
Joanna Walters / The Guardian:   US coronavirus cases hit new one-day high as states backtrack on reopening
New York Times:
Inside Barr's Effort to Undermine Prosecutors in N.Y.  —  The firing of the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan was foreshadowed by a disagreement over a case linked to President Trump.  —  Shortly after he became attorney general last year, William P. Barr set out to challenge …
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Joshua Geltzer / Washington Post:
Four ways William Barr is already subverting the 2020 elections  —  Safeguarding the vote would be the top priority of a normal attorney general.  It's the opposite now.  —  A normal attorney general of the United States right now would be focused on protecting the integrity of the fast-approaching November elections.
Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Barr claims voting by mail will lead to fraud, ‘counterfeiting.’ Admits he has zero evidence.
Discussion: Breitbart
Washington Post:
How Arizona ‘lost control of the epidemic’  —  PHOENIX — A drive-up testing site equipped for several hundred people in West Phoenix was swarmed on Saturday by about 1,000 people, leaving some baking in their cars for hours.  —  A nearby testing station has already reached capacity for this weekend …
New York Times:
Biden Is Getting a Lot of Advice on His V.P. Here's What Voters Think.  —  A large majority of voters say race should not be a factor in his decision, and none of the best-known candidates has emerged as a favorite.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. appears to face limited political pressure from voters …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Kamala Harris's Very Open Secret
Discussion: Breitbart
Joe Cunningham / Redstate:
Joe Biden Will Soon Choose His Running Mate, and He Has Three Good Options
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Brittany Renee Mayes / Washington Post:
Who do you think Joe Biden should choose for VP?
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Affordable Care Act  —  If successful, the move would permanently end the health insurance program popularly known as Obamacare and wipe out coverage for as many as 23 million Americans.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked …
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Washington Post:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to invalidate Obamacare
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump Retreats to His Hannity Bunker  —  Beaten by the pandemic and down in the polls, a President and his propagandist create an alternate reality.  —  June began poorly for President Trump, and it's ending worse.  Despite his optimistic pronouncements about the coronavirus …
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Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Green Bay mayor warns Trump before visit that hospitality ‘has its limits’
Discussion: Associated Press
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Mary Trump once stood up to her uncle Donald.  Now her book describes a ‘nightmare’ of family dysfunction.  —  Mary L. Trump was embroiled in a feud over her inheritance two decades ago when her uncle Donald Trump and his siblings punched back in classic style.
Caroline Randall Williams / New York Times:
You Want a Confederate Monument?  My Body Is a Confederate Monument  —  The black people I come from were owned and raped by the white people I come from.  Who dares to tell me to celebrate them?  —  Ms. Williams is a poet.  —  NASHVILLE — I have rape-colored skin.
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
10 Top Antitrust Experts Alarmed by Whistleblower Complaint Against A.G. Barr—and Office of Professional Responsibility's Opinion  —  On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee heard from a whistleblower inside the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division alleging serious abuses committed by Attorney General William Barr.
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:
Protesters denounce Abraham Lincoln statue in D.C., urge removal of Emancipation Memorial  —  Police in the nation's capital were bracing Thursday night for protesters who planned to denounce and urge the removal of a statue of Abraham Lincoln, paid for by people who had been enslaved …
Discussion: Althouse
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
America Didn't Give Up on Covid-19.  Republicans Did.  —  Partisanship has crippled our response.  —  Earlier this year much of America went through hell as the nation struggled to deal with Covid-19.  More than 120,000 Americans have now died; more than 20 million have lost their jobs.
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
The future of the coronavirus recovery runs through the classroom  —  WASHINGTON — Will your children be back at school this fall?  —  If you're having trouble answering that question, you're not alone — across the country, state and local officials are still struggling to develop plans …
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Florida Smirked at New York's Virus Crisis.  Now It Has Its Own.  —  With infections surging in Florida while they retreat in New York, the two states and their governors reflect the shifting course of the pandemic.  —  In late April, as new coronavirus cases in Florida were steadily decreasing …
Stuart Stevens / The Bulwark:
My Confederate Past  —  Everyone who grew up in Mississippi was steeped in the Confederacy.  Even if they didn't realize it.  —  On Friday, the Mississippi legislature is scheduled to vote on changing the Mississippi state flag.  As I write this, I have no idea what the outcome will be.
Washington Post:
Almost one-third of black Americans know someone who died of covid-19, survey shows  —  Nearly 1 in 3 black Americans know someone personally who has died of covid-19, far exceeding their white counterparts, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll that underscores the coronavirus pandemic's profoundly disparate impact.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Black Lives Matter fundraising handled by group with convicted terrorist on its board  —  The co-founder of Black Lives Matter names a convicted cop killer as one of her heroes, and the BLM national organization is fiscally sponsored through a leftist group whose board of directors includes a convicted terrorist.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Aaron Morrison / Associated Press:
Black Lives Matter network debunks Trump Twitter post
Discussion: Breitbart
The Bulwark:
The Gross Hellscape That Awaits Ted Cruz on Parler  —  Note: This article includes offensive screenshots from Parler users.  —  As incendiary Twitter accounts have increasingly been held accountable by the enforcement of Twitter's terms of service, some right-wing users have taken to crying censorship.
Discussion: Twitchy, Protocol and Right Wing Watch
Chelsea Tatham / wtsp.com:
Florida adds another 8,942 new COVID-19 cases, breaking single-day record again  —  Friday's report of nearly 9,000 new cases caps weeks of record-high jumps with 8,942 being the highest ever.  —  The state of Florida has reported record high spikes in the number of new COVID-19 cases …
Susan Crabtree / Real Clear Politics:
As Critics Rage, Pack Aims to Pierce China's Info Firewall  —  Even by Trump-era standards, the long saga to install conservative documentary filmmaker Michael Pack as head of the U.S. government's tax-funded global media agency has been a particularly tortured gauntlet-running test of wills.
Discussion: GovExec.com
McSweeney's:
Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump's Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1-759  —  To be read before the 2020 Presidential Election.  —  Register to vote here.  —  Early in President Trump's term …
Fox News:
House to vote on DC statehood, as effort faces Republican opposition  —  This marks the second time the House has voted on such a measure in the nearly 230 years since the district was established  —  The House of Representatives on Friday will vote on whether to make Washington D.C. a state …
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Biden Says He'd Use Federal Power to Require All Americans to Wear Masks in Public  —  ‘I WOULD INSIST’  —  Joe Biden would use federal powers to require all Americans to wear masks in public to fight the coronavirus pandemic if he was president.  In contrast to President Trump …
 
 
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
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New York Times:
As Virus Surges, Younger People Account for ‘Disturbing’ Number of Cases
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Ariel Behar / Algemeiner.com:
Sarsour Group Says ‘No Zionists’ at Civil Rights Rally
Los Angeles Times:
New coronavirus spike alarms Republicans, but not Trump
Discussion: Washington Post
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate panel votes 21-1 to back Justice IG measure over Graham objections
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
It's time to rethink the presidential debates
Discussion: Althouse
 

 
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Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

SWI swissinfo.ch:
Swiss public broadcasters RTS and SRF plan to drastically reduce their communications on X, saying they aren't reaching their target audience on the platform

Reuters:
Al Jazeera source and Israeli official: police raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its de facto office, following a government shutdown order
 
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